CHANGES IN SPERMIOGRAM DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF VARICOCELE
Authors:
MUDr. Mohamed I. A. Nussir
Authors‘ workplace:
Urologická klinika LF MU a FN Brno
Published in:
Urol List 2007; 5(3): 70-72
Overview
Greeks in the first century observed dilatation of testicular veins and their regurgitation above the testicle, and detected ipsilateral testicular atrophy [10].
Varicocele is the most frequent surgically correctable cause male infertility [2]. The author follows the changes of the spermiogram depending on the degree of varicocele after microsurgical varicocelectomy.
Key words:
male infertility, spermiogram, varicocele
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